Meet the Devex Authors

Robert Barclay

Robert Barclay

Robert Barclay is International Alert’s country director in Myanmar. He oversees programs on conflict sensitivity, natural resource governance, gender, and economic development across the country. Before joining Alert, he has worked on development and peacebuilding projects in Asia and Africa for humanitarian and development NGOs, and the U.K. government.
Robert Brookes

Robert Brookes

Robert Brookes is a public health and project management specialist with more than 15 years of experience designing and managing assistance programs across sectors of development in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. He currently serves as managing director in the global health division at Chemonics, where he leads efforts to grow the company’s health portfolio, and contributes to industry initiatives and discourse to promote and further global goals for health.
Robert Buergenthal

Robert Buergenthal

Robert Buergenthal has worked for 30 years leading efforts to support international development mandates in the public, nonprofit, and private sector.
Robert Buergenthal

Robert Buergenthal

Robert Buergenthal has worked for 30 years leading efforts to support international development mandates in the public, nonprofit, and private sector.
Robert Buergenthal

Robert Buergenthal

Robert Buergenthal has led efforts to support international development mandates in the public, nonprofit, and private sectors for 30 years.
Robert Clay

Robert Clay

Robert Clay, vice president for global health at Save the Children, is a leader in global health with more than 33 years’ experience in development. Prior to joining Save the Children, Robert was deputy assistant administrator in the Bureau for Global Health at the U.S. Agency for International Development, where he focused on increasing program integration and technical excellence.
Robert Jenkins

Robert Jenkins

Robert Jenkins is education chief and associate director in the program division at UNICEF headquarters. He joined UNICEF in 1995 and brings over 20 years of experience in international development and humanitarian programming in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East.
Robert Matiru

Robert Matiru

Robert Matiru is the director of programs at Unitaid. He’s responsible for a complex portfolio of health innovation investments. Robert also serves as chair of the ACT-A oxygen emergency task force, a coalition of global and regional health agencies, NGOs, foundations, and development partners working to mitigate medical oxygen shortages and build sustainable supplies for the future.
Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah

Robert Muggah is a co-founder of the SecDev Group and the Igarapé Institute. He is also a faculty or fellow at Princeton University, Singularity University, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the World Economic Forum. He is a co-author of the book “Terra Incognita: 100 Maps to Survive the Next 100 Years,” published by Penguin/Random House.
Robert Neighbour

Robert Neighbour

Robert Neighbour is the managing director and senior engineer at Diamedica (U.K.) Ltd, a company that specializes in producing anaesthesia and intensive care equipment for use in low-income countries, remote locations, disaster scenarios and conflict zones. Robert is a finalist for the AidEx Humanitarian Hero of the Year Award – the winner will be revealed at AidEx2014, the leading international event for aid and development professionals, taking place in Brussels on 12-13 November.